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Indian Art Treasures

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Aldous Huxley is known to have famously said “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” One such brutally ignored fact would be the plunder of cultural heritage around the world and the up to US$3 billion plundered art and antiquities trade that it contributes to. The looting of cultural heritage is a practice as ancient as warfare itself and with the development of the world 's great civilizations, the proverbial "spoils of war" have often included national and cultural treasures. This, unfortunately, is a fact that is true for India, a country known for its rich and varied cultural heritage. The illegal export of Indian art treasures is not a new practice. With the Indian art market growing at a phenomenal rate the demand …show more content…

The objective of the law originally was to prevent smuggling and ensure that Indian antiques remain within the country. Due to its complexities, especially the registration clause, antiques in India became “non-existent” after the Act was notified with most of the art pieces going underground or important pieces being smuggled out of the country. Though the Act was conceived to prevent smuggling, tragically it had just the opposite effect. It is evident that the Act requires revision and although the Government of India has been mulling over this matter for nearly three decades with the last committee having submitted its report in 2012 the Act is yet to be amended or replaced. A newspaper recently reported that officials from the Ministry of Culture had indicated that the Government was in the process of drafting a new Antiquities Law to replace the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act of 1972. The task has been assigned to a retired additional secretary in the Ministry of Law and Justice and the subsequent amendments to the …show more content…

We at Anand & Anand firmly believe that in the coming years, India will require the practice of a disciplinary regime of laws relating to the Arts and Antiquities. As the challenge to address the legal issues pertaining the to the world of art and antiquities are significant and colossal in nature, it is pragmatic to begin bringing about change within the Indian Legal

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